It's a stressful time to be alive. Which might be why people in the UK are more interested in improving their mental health than physical health this year, according to a study conducted by Bidvine. Of more than 1,500 British people surveyed a third want to improve their mental health in 2018, compared to just a fifth who want to lose weight (natch).

We might already be three days into 2018, but with plenty left, improving your state of mind is the perfect long-term project to make your number one resolution this year. Sounds more inspiring than watching Netflix in bed for the next year, right?

But how? Therapy is an option, but expensive. As a first step, try downloading the Worry Watch app which allows you to log your worries and report on the outcome afterwards. It will then remind you of the outcome if you try to log a past worry, proving life isn't as bad as your most hysterical anxieties. Brain training, basically.

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Stop dieting

Thanks to the wave of #wellness, dieting has become a dirty word. But that doesn't mean we're not still obsessing over our weight, we're just calling it a 'plant-based nutrition plan' instead.

But there are great things about being online, and unless you live in a cabin in the woods you probably rely on technology for your social life or work. Set easy rules for yourself such as not looking at your phone at meal times or for an hour before bed. Build up to spending a holiday without it and reap the rejuvenating rewards. We apparently spend 79 minutes a day editing our holiday photos after all. Time to get a life.